DCI BRIEFING OF SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON INQUIRY OF USS PUEBLO OF HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE, 5 MARCH 1969

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10 March 1969
SUBJECT: DCI Briefing of Special Subcommittee on Inquiry of
USS Pueblo of House Armed Services Committee,
5 March 1969
1. On 5 March 1969, the Director appeared before the above Sub-
committee. The session lasted from 1125 until 1225 hours and, after STATINTL
luncheon break, from 1400 to 1505 hours.
2. The Director?s prepared statement and the ensuing questions
and answers are contained in the Subcommittee transcript, a copy of which
is on file in the Office of Legislative Counsel. Although classified by the
Subcommittee as "Top Secret," the transcript contains considerable
discussion of Special Intelligence.
3. Subcommittee members present were:
Representative Otis G. Pike (D., N. Y.), Chairman
Representative Lucien N. Nedzi (D. , Mich. )
Representative Bill Nichols (D. , Ala. )
Representative Jack Brinkley (D., Ga. )
Representative Durward Hall JR., Mo. )
4. Staff members present were:
Mr. Frank Slatinshek, Counsel, House Armed Services
Committee
Miss Berniece Kalinowski, Secretary, House Armed
Services Committee
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5. Follow-up action:
Supplementary details were requested on the following:
a. number of missions reviewed by the 303 Committee
over the past ten years;
b. actual time spent by the 303 Committee in evaluating
the Pueblo mission;
c. whether the 303 meeting which considered the Pueblo
mission turned down any proposed missions for that month;
d. percentage of 303 missions carried out by the military
as opposed to other agencies at present as compared with five years
ago and ten years ago;
e. whether the Agency has ever recommended scratching
missions approved by the Joint Chiefs;
f. a paper charting the steps involved in the approval of
a mission submitted to the 303.
JOHN M. MAURY
Legislative Counsel
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